

Cunningham, Sr., Curatorial Associate in Drawings and Stephan Wolohojian, Curator, Department of Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts. 1895).ĭegas at Harvard is curated by Edward Saywell, Charles C. 1878), and the photograph Untitled (Self-Portrait in his Library) (c. Among the works featured in the exhibition will be the bronze sculpture Little Dancer, Fourteen Years Old (1880), the pastel Chanteuse de Café (c. This exhibition explores the range and depth of Degas’ artistic innovation, and Harvard’s pivotal role in fostering understanding and scholarship of his works through the commitment of its curators, collectors, and the generations of scholars who have worked with the collection at the Fogg. In 1911, the Fogg was the first museum to mount an exhibition of works by Degas and was the only museum to do so during the artist’s lifetime. Sackler Museum from August 1 to November 27, 2005. Degas at Harvard will be on view at the Arthur M. The exhibition, which is organized by the Fogg Art Museum, will include paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, and photographs. The exhibition will draw together more than 60 works from the Fogg’s own collection, together with promised gifts and significant works from The Dumbarton Oaks and Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C., and The Houghton Library at Harvard. This August, the Harvard University Art Museums will present Degas at Harvard, an exhibition examining Harvard University’s comprehensive holdings by Edgar Degas-one of the most important collections of the artist’s work in the United States.
